Are you more likely to complete speaker evals at conferences on paper (they leave them in a pile or at a desk) or online (you can access them via a mobile device or laptop)?

Does it matter if you have access to the evals during the conference?

I’m asking because from a planner’s perspective, getting all those results tabulated in something like Google Docs means I’ll actually look at them, as opposed to getting hundreds of pieces of paper, where I may skim them once and never look at them again.

Here’s another question: I’m trying to keep the evals as simple as possible so that they’re more likely to be completed.

I’m thinking of a couple of scale questions (Strongly Agree – Strongly Disagree) with one text box for comments. What questions would you ask an audience to get helpful feedback for both the conference and the presenter?

@rich-brooks Hi Rich, we use an electronic survey after the event and another survey post-webinar. I am hoping to use a text or mobile-based system for next year’s conference to get more instant feedback. Love to hear what others have been using to this end. The conference survey needs a refresh.

I recently changed the scale from 3 points to 5 points (Poor to Excellent) for the webinar series.

@rich-brooks At Content Marketing World this year I loved that they had half-sheets of paper at each seat with the session information pre-printed a series of “criteria” to judge on a scale and then two comment/open ended questions. I was able to complete these while the talk was fresh in my mind and turn in the evaluations immediately. At the end of the conference I received a virtual survey/evaluation on the conference overall that I completed. I thought this worked very well and suited me, but if an immediate evaluation wasn’t possible I prefer virtual.